A German Museum Is Under Police Guard After Receiving Right-Wing Threats Over Its ‘Safe Space’ for BIPOC Visitors | Artnet News
A German museum that was attempting to create a “safe space” for Black, Indigenous, and other ethnic groups that have…
Step Inside Artist Dale Chihuly’s Stunning Seattle Studio, Filled With an Epic Antiques Collection and His Otherworldly Glass Forms | Artnet News
You may think you know all there is to know about Dale Chihuly, master of glass, whose delicate handblown creations…
A Data Breach at Christie’s Revealed Exact GPS Coordinates of Collectors’ Artworks | Artnet News
A data breach at Christie’s auction house has revealed the exact whereabouts of art owned by some of the world’s…
The National Mall’s First Outdoor Public Art Show Celebrates Diversity With Sculptures by Derrick Adams, Wendy Red Star, and More | Artnet News
After years of studying public sculptures across the U.S. to better understand how these monuments tell the story of our…
The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Has Acquired a Monumental Simone Leigh Sculpture From Her Historic Venice Biennale Pavilion | Artnet News
A new edition of Simone Leigh’s monumental sculpture Sentinel (2022), one of the showstoppers of the artist’s historic U.S. pavilion at the…
With Mystery Tattoos, Sustainably Minded Sculptures, and Gold-Accented Concert Posters, the Seattle Art Fair Revels in an Eclectic Selection | Artnet News
At this year’s Seattle Art Fair, there is art for every budget—including those who literally can’t afford to spend a…
Animations, and 3-D Models, and 3,000 Drawings: Inside Google’s Massive Machine-Learning Masterclass on Leonardo da Vinci | Artnet News
What can A.I. teach us about Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci? A lot, as we discovered from a new…
Two Buyers of Hunter Biden’s Art Have Been Unmasked, Despite Attempts to Keep Their Names Secret | Artnet News
Hunter Biden’s art career is back in the headlines. It turns out one of his collectors is a Democratic donor—a…
A Republican-Drafted Bill Has Axed Funding for the Smithsonian’s Planned Latino Museum in 2024 | Artnet News
The future of the yet-to-be-built National Museum of the American Latino is in jeopardy after the House Appropriations Committee passed…
Meow Wolf’s Newest Permanent Venue in Texas Heightens the Maximalist Ambitions of the Immersive Art World-Builders | Artnet News
In April 2020, in the throes of the early pandemic, the immersive arts production company Meow Wolf laid off over…
Artist Françoise Gilot, Who Chronicled Her Turbulent Decade-Long Relationship With Picasso, Is Dead at 101
Artist and memoirist Françoise Gilot, known for her tumultuous relationship with Pablo Picasso, has died at age 101 following heart…
After Five Years of Renovations—and Months of Labor Negotiations With Staff—New York’s Hispanic Society Finally Reopens
For over five-and-a-half years, the galleries at New York’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library have been closed for renovations, its…
The American Artist Chuck Close, Who Created Larger-Than-Life Photorealist Portraits, Has Died at 81
Chuck Close, whose distinctive, monumental portraits and self-portraits toyed with viewers’ perception, has died of complications from a long illness…
A New Polish Law Will Make It Practically Impossible to Pursue Restitution Claims for Nazi-Looted Artworks
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial law reducing the statute of limitations on all challenges to allegedly stolen property, making Nazi-looted art…